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Sept. 15, 1925.

1 KRAFT NETHEB GARMENT Filed May l() W24 WITNISS:

sept. 15, 1925. 1,553,863

L. KRAFT NETHER GAHMENT Filed May `l0s 1924 2 Smets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR l' y g WITNESz/Lr/0 f n 4 ATTORNEY the following is a s 'port of this n nir of trousers constructed in acrdance Retented Sept. 1925.

Lotus Kum, or" s'rnoncron, ILLINoIs.

NETHER GARMENT.

Application -filed May L0,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Lome Kmm, e citi zen of the United States, residing nt Steunton, inthe county of Macoupin und Sta-te of Iliinoio, have invented new sind, useful Iznprovements in Nether Garments, of which eoficution. Workin Amen ce led upon to do heavy lifting an s'hoveling subjecttixeir trousers and. other nether garments to. great strain, and the object'o my invention is the provision of e nether 'garment so constructed that it is capable of stretching in 'the crotch and is therefore adapted to legt much longer and at the same time be more comfortable to the wearer than is the casewhen the ger `ment is constructed at and adjacent to the crotch in t r,he ordinary well 'known manner.- To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement es 'In the Aaccomp'xmying drawings,

specicationz- Figure 1 is af perspective of a portion of hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

forming with my invention.

Figure 2 is s. vertical section through my improved portion of the trousers andshowinthe fly as open.

igure 3 is an interior perspective showing;` my improvement.

leyelets 4 for the reception 6. The strips 4 ere the minier portion f Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-section teken in the plane. indicated by the line 4:4 of Figure 2.

Simiiar numerate of reference designate.'

corresponding parte' .in nii of kthe views oi' the drawings. -r f y The ily portion 1 of the' trousers is referably contrcted in the ordinary-well nown manner es illustre and need not, there :fore5 be described indeteil.

In eccordsm'oe with my invention the crotch portion of the trousers is.slotted as designatedby 2; and.` the ortions of the trousers et opnoeite sides o. theelot 2 ere reenforced by attached strips 3 in which are fnd engagement of n. nwe 5 that-fis designed to have its end rtions tied et the 'front es designated by Ieferably connected to 4kI in e manner c drewings. n

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e'p. Iy illuetrated in the like; stitched et`13 to the that by virtue vat intervalo, the eiustic ieee 5 ie r e garment by stitches mrarncwith my invention the" a'md consequently: improved t' 1924. Serial No. 712,402.

isadepted to give orstretch and thereiore y is not liable to tear or to give rise to discomfort to the wearer. Again beca-use of the slot 2 and thceleetic connection of the portions of the garment et opposite sides of the slot Zthegnrment is calculated toiast much longer than en ordinary garment in which the crotch portion is constructed in the menner extant.

In association with the crotch construc .force the garment through the medium of n section 12, of leather, strong cloth or the garment.

when fastened in closed position es the major portion ofr It will ne eppercnt from the foregoing 'feasible to construct the nether garment of heavy and strong material without liability of the garment breaking in the crotch or being uncomfortable to the wearer.

When ,my .improvement is incorporated in overalls which must of necessity be AWashed precedent to the Washing operation, and is replaced. after the overeils ere dried,

Notwithstanding the practical. :advantage ascribed to my improvement, it wiii be readily appreciated that the improvement ine creases but little lthe cost of producing a nether garment.

have entered into :i detaiied description of my embodiment'in order to nily disclose the preferred embodiment of my invention. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the speci ltic construction and relative arrangement ofthe parts ina-sn'iuch as my invention ie defined ny my ap- )ended ciaim, and modifications manifesty may he mede Within the scope of said claims, l

cieini and .desire to vsecure by Letters atcrotch .end also 4hirving re-enforcmg strips -etteehed to ite maior portion on the opposite of my improvement it 1s.

emoved described my'invention, winnt skies of seid slot, the re-enforced porions being* provided Wtx eyelets and being oombined with an elastic Pace, a re-enforcin section :riiaohed to the mejor portion of the gern-lem; ati; the forward end of the slot, and e eo-.ver of lexbo maeria e'itached to the major Doron of the garment and pr'vlded with snap fastener engagement with complementary carried by the major portion of ment.

In testimo ture.

detachableA members the gar- 10 members for ny whereof I ax my signa- LOUIS lKRAFT. 

